Indiana House panel delays vote on same-sex marriage ban

12:22 AM,
Jan. 14, 2014

Rep. Wendy McNamara, R-Mount Vernon, and Rep. Jerry Torr, R-Carmel, get up to leave Monoday after committee Chairman Rep. Gary Steuerwald, R-Avon, decided not to call a vote after public comment on HJR-3, the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Indiana, at the Statehouse.

Written by

Tony Cook
Indianapolis Star

After long and impassioned testimony, a legislative committee vote was delayed Monday on the hotly debated amendment to add a same-sex marriage ban to the Indiana Constitution.

For 3½ hours, supporters and opponents made legal, religious, business and deeply personal arguments for and against the proposed amendment before a packed gallery in the chamber of the Indiana House of Representatives.

Red-clad opponents filled much of the upper balcony. Clapping and cheering from opponents outside the chamber could be heard inside. Some proponents held signs in the hallway saying Hoosiers ...